.' I VOLUME LVII. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 17, .1904. NO. 165. FIGHT BETWEEN BLUEJACKETS AND POLICE Officers Make Arrest and are At tacked by Force of Three Hundred Marines and Artillery Men. One Naval Man Is Killed and Ten Others are Wounded During Wild Riot WILD FUSILLADE OF SHOTS Time I j Arrival of .Marine (iuiu-d From' Hhlps Prevent Vlnit Otherwlsw Would Have Hern Bloody Fray Penmteolu, April 16. In a riot here tonight between the police and blue jackets from the warships and a few artillerymen from Fort Barrancas, one enlisted man named Bunks of the Sev enth artillery was killed and four blue, jackets from the Iowa and Alabama were wounded, although not seriously. The riot started ove rthe arrest of a bluejacket. Thres polite officers were at the patrol call box when a petty officer from one of the ships blew a whistle signal In use on the ships for men to assemble. Fully J00 men gath ered and rushed at the policemen sep arating them. Two of the policemen backed away from the crowd, firing as fast as possible at the advancing blue-Jackets who were hurling stones, bottles and oths r minifies at them. It was during this shooting that the artil leryman whs killed. Reinforcements rrom the police station arrived at this Juncture and partly dispersed the blue-Jackets. loiter, owing to many threats of the men from the warships to kill the police, Admiral Barker or dered marine guards from two ships ashore, and they quelled the riot. 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 O ,' o 0 0 o 0 0 0 8 o o 3 o o o o 0 0 o 0 o o o o o o o o 0 o o o o 0 0 00 0 0 ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooe o ' " . ' o o o o o o o o 0 . o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o ' o 0 o o o o o e 0 c 0 0 0 00 I I in I n I - -is I 'f , I . j . j ) : ' i I ' : ; - ' I I . J ., v . . j. SLIDES BLOCK CANADIAN PACIFIC Seven Reported io Have Oc curred on Red Mountain Line While Others Take Place Elsewhere. Bridges Washed Out at Che welap and Spokane Will Be Cut Off for Week. TRAFFIC GENERALLY TIED UP ADMIRALTY AND WAR OFFICES. 8T. PETERSBURG. 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000 The Warrenton buscbull team has been fully reorganised and everything Is In readiness for the first game that will be played today. The opposing team will be from Cathlamvt and a big crowd Is expected to assemble to witness the sport. The west aiders have heretofore held the palm when It came to playing baseball In this section and as nmny of the old players are retained this season the fine rep. utatlon already aqulred will not it Is thought, be lost. A substantial fund has been raised to purchase suits and all necessary equipment and a good field, with grand stand and all es sential accompaniment, is In shnpe. The A. Dunbar Company's suit de partment Is taxed to Its utmost ca pacity with the Immens e stock of women's ready to wear clothing, the ale of which begin tomorrow morn ing. Suits, skirts, Jackets ami shirt waists by the scores and hundreds await the pleasure of Astoria ladles. A perfect Una to select from awaits early comers. WARSHIP UNDOUBTEDLY BLOWN UP BY MINE PLACED BY JAPANESE Report of Battle Sent Out By Admiral Togo Gives First Authentic Account of Disaster to the Petrop&vlovsK. Correct Clothing for Men and Boys P0 A. STOCffi: Destructive Mines Placed By Orientals at Midnight of April 12 and Next Flotilla Succeeds in Drawing Enemy Out of Harbor by Series ol Maneuvers Destroyer Sunk. Fortress Silenced While Attack Ganerally Proves Successful. Toklo. April 17. (9: JO p. m.) The a ited report of Vice-Admiral Togo describing the seventh Japanese attack on Port Arthur reached the navy no- nlsht. The report follows in part: "The attack opened April 11. A por tion of our torpedo flotilta and one steamer reached the mouth of the har bor at midnight April 12, and succeed ed In sinking mines In several places. Another torpedo flotilla with the mis sion of drawing out the enemy, while reconnotterlng April IS southeast of Liao-Thle-Shart promontory outside the harbor, encountered & four masted destroyer of the enemy which they sunk in 10 minutes. About the same time they observed another destroyer coming from the direction of Llao-Thle Shan. The attacked it but owing to tl(p long range did not succeed in sink ing it. "At 9 a. m. the cruiser Bayan attack ed us at long range but was soon re pulsed. The enemy's cruiser Novlk, Askold and the Diana, together with the battleship Petropavlovsk, Pobieda, Poltaa and other essels joined the Bayan and a tacked us. The third squadron gave battle and. gradually drew he enemy to the southeast for about 16 miles. "At this time the first squadron which was hidden In a fog 30 miles distant received a wireless message advanced and attacked the enemy who retreated. , We chased the mto the harbor entrance where a ship of the Perropavlovsk type was seen blown up by a mine, sunk by us the night before. N "Two other of the enemy's ships seeing this showed utter confusion. An other ship was seen also blown up by the mines but she could not be Identl fled, owing to the confusion that pre- vailed for about an hour. . "At 10 a. m. April 15, the cruisers Masshln and Kasuga were detached to go under the Llao-Thle-Shan prom ontory and open an Indirect cannonade un for about Iwn hnnra. Ti - - - i "The enemy's forts andjthips Inside replied but without damage. These two ships In their first trial against the enemy must have had good effect, as the new fortress west of Llao-Thle-Shan was silenced by them. At hair past one In the afternoon they ceased firing and returned to the 'fleet Our total casualties were two sailors killed." BASEBALL SCORES. Pacifio Coast At Los Angedes Losangeles 3, Ta coma 2. At Fresno San Francisco 1, Port land 0. At San Francisco Oakland 4, Seat tle 12. , American. At Chicago Chicago 10, Cleveland 8. At St. Louis St. Louis 3, Detroit 4, (14 innings). At New York New York , Boston 12. At Washington Washington 2, Phil adelphia 12. National. At St. Louis St. Louis ?, Pittsburg At Different Points Tracks are Completely Blocked so That Travel Will He Demoral ized for Number of Days Vancouver, B. C, April 1. A special from Rossland, B. C, says: Seven slides have occurred on the Red Mountain line between here and Porthport and more than that number below North port At Chewelah the bridges are wash ed out There will be no communica tion with Spokane for a week. Below Nelson and North port slides block the thacke everywhere. The Canadian Pacific railway Is no better off. The Phoenix line is temporarily blocked but the Slocan lines are reported Blear. There has been no through communi cation on the main line from Revel eto&cke east for the past week. ASTORIA LOSES AGAIN. Commercial Club Team Fails to Win Trophy in Poor Contest. Portland. April 16. (Special) The Commercial Club bowling team tonight tossed oft the best chance It ever had to capture the Feldenhelmer trophy. In a miserable contest the Multnomah team won out by 21 pins. The score by games was as follows: Multnomah 243, 23T, 236, 216. Astoria 262, 208, 237, 204. 5. At Philadelphia Philadelphia 7. Boston 8. At Cincinnati Cincinnati 7. Crlcagd 10. New York New York 3, Brooklyn 1. here is a Style and Fit about our suits, shirts and jackets that distin guish them from others and the prices are below those of any other place in the city for low prices have made The Bee Hive famous. We have the largest stock of summer shirt waists in the city-all in the very newest styles from the daintiest China Silk and Lawn to the heavy Oxfords. We are showing in the new dress goods and trimmings all that the new styles demand. In Millinery we lead. We are showing the newest Pattern and Tailor-made Hats. Our shoe department is in keeping with the rest of the store. YOU CAN BUY ALL THESE CHEAPEST AT THE BEE HIVE 75 Cents to $1.50, all sizes, New Lot BIRD CAGES a. N. GRIFFIN